Most antebellum towns west of the Mississippi River did not survive the railroad boom and became ghosts.

Lots of the pictures I post on my website, www.redriverhistorian.com, tend to be of ruins – disused buildings and such – and sometimes,...

Every time I give a presentation on ghost towns, invariably I’m asked this question: “What exactly is a Ghost Town? And why are you...

I think I mentioned this before, but if I haven’t, well… I hunt ghost towns. I’d like to do that for a living, but there’s not much money...

I love a good road trip, and I believe that I’m not alone in sharing that sentiment. I’d wager to guess that the majority of people from...

David (my son) and I have become very fond of the show Ghost Adventures, which airs every Friday night at 8 pm (CST) on the Travel...

Lately, I have been getting what Laura Ingalls Wilder called “itchy feet:” I’m just so itching to get out of the house and explore...

Texas history in my lil' ol' yard! I lucked out the other day. As I was rooting around on Craig’s List, trying to find cheap bricks to...

I took a couple of roadtrips this past weekend. My road trips are usually local – I don’t drive very far because I like to know where I...